Paper presentation ‘The management of performers’ rights’, Working in Music Conference, University of Lausanne, 11-13/01/18.

2017

Invited talk 'Making a living in music', Goldsmiths University of London, London, 21/11/17.

Paper presentation ‘Negotiating change: the Fair Internet for Performers Campaign’, International Association of the Study of Popular Music (IASPM) Biennale Conference, University of Kassel, 26-30/06/17.

Invited talk at X-Change, British Science Association, a selection of five highlights of the Cambridge Festival of ideas, 24/10/2015 (full house, with ca. 60 attendants).

Panel convener ‘The music industry in the digital age: creativity, labour and regulation', RMA Annual Conference, University of Birmingham, 8-11/09/2015.

Invited talk 'Law and norm of music performance' at the one-day interdisciplinary conference 'Law and norm of music borrowing', Law School, University of Birmingham, 13/07/15.

Paper presentation 'The hitchhiker' guide to the world wide web: making music in the digital era', 18th Biennal IASPM Conference 'Back to the future: popular music and time', Universidade Estadual de Campinas, 29/06-03/07/2015.

Invited talk 'Towards more proactive theories of creative labour' at the one-day interdisciplinary and international conference 'Creative labour(er): anthropological perspectives on the work of art', Department of Social Anthropology, University of Cambridge, 08/06/2015.

Workshop 'Creativity and Technology', Law Faculty, University of Cambridge, 15/04/15.

This event discussed opportunities that have opened up to contemporary performing musicians due to technological developments and the legal, economic and political frameworks within which these are exploited. It was chaired by Lionel Bently (Law) and speakers and guests included Tanya Aplin (Law), Nick Prior (Sociology), Jason Stanyek (Music), Ruth Towse (Economics), Alan Blackwell (Computer Science), Lilian Edwards (Law), Georg von Graevenitz (Management), Nicholas Cook (Music) and Georgina Born (Music).

Paper presentation 'Between authorship and performance: legal categories of creativity and labour', RMA Study Days 'Authorship in music', University of Oxford, 6-7/03/2015.

2014

Colloquium 'Navigating the music industry: explorations in creativity, technology and law', Music Faculty Colloquia, University of Cambridge, 19/11/14.

Keynote 'The value of performance in law: performers' rights and creativity' at the CRASSH Conference 'Creativity, Circulation and Copyright: Sonic and Visual Media in the Digital Age', Centre for Research in the Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities (CRASSH), University of Cambridge, 28-29/03/14.

2013 and before

Guest contribution 'Sitting in the studio: performers and producers observed', Art of Record Production 'Performance in the Studio' Online Conference, 29/04/13.

Respondent to Professor Georgina Born at the 'Music and Digitisation: Intellectual Property, Cultural Commons and Ontological Politics' Workshop, Faculty of Music, University of Oxford, 12/01/13.

Invited contribution to the HERA Workshop 'Authorship Dynamics and the Dynamic Artwork', Faculty of Law, University of Cambridge, 15/12/12.